Take that cellphone number with you on November 24
If they can figure it all out by then! Like many other customers, I can't wait to have cellphone number portability since I have a great phone number that ends in 1000 and can't think of ever wanting to change it, but simply awful service with Verizon, at least in the Bay Area. According to this Wall Street Journal story (subscription required):
"All the customers who know about it, ask 'when is it going to start? When is it going to roll over?' " says Mr. Tunk, the manager of a One Stop Wireless in New York's West Village, where clerks offer a choice of five major providers and a wide selection of phones. Mr. Tunk is referring to the impending Nov. 24 deadline for cellphone providers to ensure that customers can carry their numbers with them when switching services.
Problem is, Mr. Tunk knows about as much about providers' so-called number portability plans as the customers: not much. "We are waiting for something to happen. We haven't yet gotten full details," he says.